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en"I don't want to do this."https://christians-in-recovery.org/Issues_Emotions_Anxiety_I-Dont-Want-To-Do-This
<p>Gethsemane: Code For... "I don't want to do this."</p>
<p>We've uttered that statement frequently in our lives.<br />
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This time of year, there's a great deal of emphasis on Jesus. As we prepare for Resurrection Sunday, we read and remind ourselves just how this whole thing came to be: hope, salvation and reunion with God. It didn't just happen.</p>
<p>And a large part of it depends on Gethsemane.</p>
<p>Yes, Jesus is amazing and loving. But He still had a night of decision. Hours away from being crucified, there was a real moment; He didn't want to do it.</p>
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<p>When I was in high school, my saintly art teacher tried her best to give us rural hooligans some culture. The jury is still out on the results. But, in the study of different styles and artists, we learned about pointillism. The definition reads as follows:<br />
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<blockquote><p>A late 19th-century style of painting in which a picture is constructed from dots of pure color that blend, at a distance, into recognizable shapes and various color tones.</p></blockquote>
<p>The artist, George Seurat is one such artist who incorporated pointillism. His famous work, "Sunday Afternoon On the Island Of La Grande Jatte," has made its way into popular culture, as well as into the Art Institute of Chicago. </p>
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<p><a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+42%3A7&amp;version=NASB" title="Bible Gateway">Job 42:7</a> MRSV<br />
<span class="scripture">After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."</span><br />
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Job was a righteous man, a man who loved and served God with all his heart and might. He was a man who had prospered in an earthly sense, owning many flocks and having twelve children. He also was a man blessed with good health. All of this God allowed Satan to take from Job. Job’s life went, in a matter of days, from being comfortable and happy to being alone and miserable.</p>
<p>There is a saying: Bad things happen to good people.</p>
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<a href="/node/1423">Robin L. O&#039;Hare</a> </div>
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<p><span class="scripture-ref"><a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+37%3A5&amp;version=NKJV" title="Bible Gateway">Genesis 37:5, 45:4-5 NKJV</a></span><br />
<span class="scripture">Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.... And Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come near to me." So they came near. Then he said: "I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life."</span></p>
<p>God isn’t in the business of fulfilling our dreams; rather, we should be in the business of fulfilling His will.</p>
<p>I recently read an article in a Christian magazine about a woman whose dream in life was finally fulfilled. She wrote:</p>
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<p><span class="scripture-ref"><a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians+6%3A17&amp;version=NKJV" title="Bible Gateway">Galatians 6:17 NKJV</a></span><br />
<span class="scripture">From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body."</span></p>
<p>What if I were to tell you that becoming a Christian would make your life harder, not easier? What if I were to explain that being a disciple of the Lord’s would bring pain possibly with no hope of relief until heaven? Would you still embrace the gospel? Would you be as excited about serving the Lord as you might be with promises of needs fulfilled and desires met?</p>
<p>Madam Guyon, a great saint of the Lord, wrote:</p>
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<p><img src="/attach/graphics/classic2.jpg" align="right" />A poor shoemaker in his dreary little shop in a great city, one day noticed that there was one little place in his dark room, from which he could get a view of green fields, blue skies and faraway hills. He wisely set up his bench at that point, so that at any moment he could lift his eyes from his dull work--and have a glimpse of the great, beautiful world outside.<img src="/attach/graphics/Dixon/illness-2.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="right" /></p>
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<p>Jesus said <span class="scripture">"Blessed are the poor in spirit."</span> <span class="scripture-ref"><a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A3&amp;version=NASB" title="Bible Gateway">Matthew 5:3</a></span></p>
<p>How can this be? How can I be blessed if I am suffering? What good does suffering do? . Philip Yancey says:</p>
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit." Why? Because "theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (<a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A3&amp;version=NASB" title="Bible Gateway">Matthew 5:3</a>)<br />
The poor, the hungry, the mourners, and those who suffer are blessed (<a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt+5%3A3-6&amp;version=NASB" title="Bible Gateway">Matt. 5:3-6</a>) because their lack of self-sufficiency is obvious to them every day. They must turn somewhere for strength. People who are rich, successful, and beautiful may go through life relying on their natural gifts. But people who are needy, dependent, and dissatisfied with life are more likely to welcome God’s free gift of love.
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<p>Our pastor shared this scripture with us yesterday. It was God's timing (which is always amazing to me) because this year I have felt burdened excessively. It's been one of those years when there wasn't one burden, one tragedy, one suffering, but rather one after another after another after another until I've felt that I could barely breathe. I certainly have become rather gun shy, wondering what possibly could happen next and knowing that, in all likelihood, what will happen next will be painful, unpleasant at best.</p>
<p><span class="scripture-ref"><a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+1%3A8-10&amp;version=NASB" title="Bible Gateway">2 Corinthians 1:8-10 NASB</a></span></p>
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<span class="scripture">Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side. After leaving them, He went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray.<br />
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<strong>He <em>saw </em>that they were in serious trouble</strong>, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves. About three o'clock in the morning He came to them, walking on the water.</span> <span class="scripture-ref"><a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A45-46&amp;version=NASB" title="Bible Gateway">Mark 6:45-46, 48</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="/attach/graphics/classic2.jpg" align="right" /> <span class="scripture">He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.</span> <a href="http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A4&amp;version=NASB" title="Bible Gateway">1 Corinthians 15:4</a></p>
<p>If your faith stops at the cross--it misses the blessing of the fullest revealing of Christ!</p>
<p>You need a Savior who not merely two thousand years ago went to death to redeem you--but one who also is alive to walk by your side in loving companionship.</p>
<p>You need a Savior who can hear your prayers, to whose feet you can creep in penitence when you have sinned, to whom you can call for help when the battle is going against you.</p>
<p>You need a Savior who is interested in all the affairs of your common life, and who can assist you in every time of need.</p>
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